Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt, 900m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery

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History & significance

Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt is a Bronze Age funerary monument located approximately 900 metres south-east of White House Farm in Suffolk, England. It forms part of the Seven Hills barrow cemetery, a significant concentration of prehistoric burial mounds in the region. The monument is a bowl barrow, the characteristic round burial mound type of the Bronze Age, constructed as a raised earthwork to contain cremated or inhumed remains of the deceased. As a component of a larger barrow cemetery, it contributes to evidence of sustained funerary practice and territorial occupation during the Bronze Age period in East Anglia.

Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt, 900m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011445. View the official record →

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